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Textile
English (Spitalfields)
18th century
Object Place: Spitalfields, England
Medium/Technique
Polychrome Silk; brocade
Dimensions
148 x 101.5 cm (58 1/4 x 39 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1327
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLarge piece of brocade composed of three widths of material, light purple ground with self figure of delicate serpentine stems and powdered leaves with bright polychrome silk brocaded flowers in small bunches springing right and left; a number of brownish stains.
ProvenanceSaid to have been part of a dress belonging to Mary Jackson Wendell, about 1760.